{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":10070794,"song":"Mr  Jones","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":null,"url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/10070794-mr-jones-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/10070794?type=chord","rating":null,"votes":null,"content":"Intro:\nI was down at the New Amsterdam\nStaring at this yellow-haired girl\nMr. Jones strikes up a conversation\nWith a black-haired flamenco dancer\nYou know she dances\nWhile his father plays guitar\nShe's suddenly beautiful\nAnd we all want\nSomething beautiful\nMan, I wish I was beautiful\nSo come dance the silence down\nThrough the morning\nSha-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah\nUh huh, yeah\nCut up, Maria\nShow me some of\nThem Spanish dances\nPass me a bottle, Mr. Jones\nBelieve in me\nHelp me believe in anything\n'Cause I wanna be someone\nWho believes\nYeah\nMr. Jones and me\nTell each other fairy tales\nAnd we stare at the beautiful women\nShe's looking at you\nAh, no, no, she's looking at me\nSmilin' in the bright lights\nComing through in stereo\nWhen everybody loves you\nYou can never be lonely\nWell, I'm gon' paint my picture\nPaint myself in blue and\nRed and black and gray\nAll of the beautiful colors are\nVery, very meaningful\nYeah, well, you know\nGray is my favorite color\nI felt so symbolic yesterday\nIf I knew Picasso\nI would buy myself\nA gray guitar and play\nMr. Jones and me\nLooked into the future\nAnd we stare at the beautiful women\nShe's looking at you\nAh, no, no, she's looking at me\nStanding in the spotlight\nI bought myself a gray guitar\nWhen everybody loves me\nI will never be lonely\nBridge:\nI will never be lonely\nSaid I'm never gonna be lonely\nI wanna be a lion\nYeah, everybody wanna pass as cats\nWe all wanna be big, big stars\nYeah, but we got\nDifferent reasons for that\nBelieve in me\n'Cause I don't believe in anything\nAnd I wanna be someone to believe\nTo believe, to believe\nBridge:\nMr. Jones and me\nStumbling through the barrio\nYeah, we stare at\nThe beautiful women\nShe's perfect for you\nMan, there's got to be somebody\nFor me\nI wanna be Bob Dylan\nMr. Jones wishes he was someone\nJust a little more funky\nWhen everybody loves you, ah son\nThat's just about as funky\nAs you can be\nMr. Jones and me\nStaring at the video\nWhen I look at the television\nI want to see me\nStaring right back at me\nWe all wanna be big stars\nBut we don't know why\nAnd we don't know how\nBut when everybody loves me\nI'm wanna be just about\nAs happy as I can be\nMr. Jones and me\nWe're gonna be big stars\nEnding:","plain_text":"Intro:\nI was down at the New Amsterdam\nStaring at this yellow-haired girl\nMr. Jones strikes up a conversation\nWith a black-haired flamenco dancer\nYou know she dances\nWhile his father plays guitar\nShe's suddenly beautiful\nAnd we all want\nSomething beautiful\nMan, I wish I was beautiful\nSo come dance the silence down\nThrough the morning\nSha-la-la-la-la-la-la, yeah\nUh huh, yeah\nCut up, Maria\nShow me some of\nThem Spanish dances\nPass me a bottle, Mr. Jones\nBelieve in me\nHelp me believe in anything\n'Cause I wanna be someone\nWho believes\nYeah\nMr. Jones and me\nTell each other fairy tales\nAnd we stare at the beautiful women\nShe's looking at you\nAh, no, no, she's looking at me\nSmilin' in the bright lights\nComing through in stereo\nWhen everybody loves you\nYou can never be lonely\nWell, I'm gon' paint my picture\nPaint myself in blue and\nRed and black and gray\nAll of the beautiful colors are\nVery, very meaningful\nYeah, well, you know\nGray is my favorite color\nI felt so symbolic yesterday\nIf I knew Picasso\nI would buy myself\nA gray guitar and play\nMr. Jones and me\nLooked into the future\nAnd we stare at the beautiful women\nShe's looking at you\nAh, no, no, she's looking at me\nStanding in the spotlight\nI bought myself a gray guitar\nWhen everybody loves me\nI will never be lonely\nBridge:\nI will never be lonely\nSaid I'm never gonna be lonely\nI wanna be a lion\nYeah, everybody wanna pass as cats\nWe all wanna be big, big stars\nYeah, but we got\nDifferent reasons for that\nBelieve in me\n'Cause I don't believe in anything\nAnd I wanna be someone to believe\nTo believe, to believe\nBridge:\nMr. Jones and me\nStumbling through the barrio\nYeah, we stare at\nThe beautiful women\nShe's perfect for you\nMan, there's got to be somebody\nFor me\nI wanna be Bob Dylan\nMr. Jones wishes he was someone\nJust a little more funky\nWhen everybody loves you, ah son\nThat's just about as funky\nAs you can be\nMr. Jones and me\nStaring at the video\nWhen I look at the television\nI want to see me\nStaring right back at me\nWe all wanna be big stars\nBut we don't know why\nAnd we don't know how\nBut when everybody loves me\nI'm wanna be just about\nAs happy as I can be\nMr. Jones and me\nWe're gonna be big stars\nEnding:","chords":["A"]}